Overweight in adults — all countries

Overweight in adults — Euro area

Overweight in adults in the Euro area in 2024 — 48.8%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 5.4 pp.

2024 48.8% −0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 51.3%2009
Period minimum 43.4%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of adults

Overweight in adults — Euro area, 1980–202442444648505219801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 43.4%1981: 43.6%1982: 43.8%1983: 44%1984: 44.2%1985: 44.4%1986: 44.6%1987: 44.9%1988: 45.1%1989: 45.4%1990: 45.6%1991: 45.9%1992: 46.2%1993: 46.5%1994: 46.8%1995: 47.1%1996: 47.5%1997: 47.9%1998: 48.2%1999: 48.6%2000: 49%2001: 49.4%2002: 49.7%2003: 50.1%2004: 50.4%2005: 50.7%2006: 50.9%2007: 51.1%2008: 51.2%2009: 51.3%2010: 51.2%2011: 51.1%2012: 51%2013: 50.9%2014: 50.7%2015: 50.6%2016: 50.4%2017: 50.2%2018: 50%2019: 49.8%2020: 49.6%2021: 49.4%2022: 49.2%2023: 49%2024: 48.8%
Change over the period: +5.4 pp Annual average: 0.12 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area

Euro area 48.8%
World computed 43.7%
Overweight in adults — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 48.8 −0.2 pp
2023 49 −0.2 pp
2022 49.2 −0.2 pp
2021 49.4 −0.2 pp
2020 49.6 −0.2 pp
2019 49.8 −0.2 pp
2018 50 −0.2 pp
2017 50.2 −0.2 pp
2016 50.4 −0.2 pp
2015 50.6 −0.2 pp
2014 50.7 −0.2 pp
2013 50.9 −0.1 pp
2012 51 −0.1 pp
2011 51.1 −0.1 pp
2010 51.2 −0 pp
2009 51.3 +0 pp
2008 51.2 +0.1 pp
2007 51.1 +0.2 pp
2006 50.9 +0.2 pp
2005 50.7 +0.3 pp
2004 50.4 +0.3 pp
2003 50.1 +0.3 pp
2002 49.7 +0.4 pp
2001 49.4 +0.4 pp
2000 49 +0.4 pp
1999 48.6 +0.4 pp
1998 48.2 +0.4 pp
1997 47.9 +0.4 pp
1996 47.5 +0.4 pp
1995 47.1 +0.3 pp
1994 46.8 +0.3 pp
1993 46.5 +0.3 pp
1992 46.2 +0.3 pp
1991 45.9 +0.3 pp
1990 45.6 +0.3 pp
1989 45.4 +0.3 pp
1988 45.1 +0.2 pp
1987 44.9 +0.2 pp
1986 44.6 +0.2 pp
1985 44.4 +0.2 pp
1984 44.2 +0.2 pp
1983 44 +0.2 pp
1982 43.8 +0.2 pp
1981 43.6 +0.2 pp
1980 43.4

About the indicator

The share of people aged 18 and over with a body mass index of 25 kg/m² and above. The threshold of 25 separates normal weight from excess weight, and this indicator includes everyone who is obese as well — that is, it is always larger than the obesity indicator rather than complementing it. The difference between the two series is the share of people with excess weight but without obesity.

Important: It includes obesity, so the two indicators cannot be added. The aggregate by group is weighted by the whole population rather than the adult one.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.